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Hymenaea verrucosa Gaertner

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HIGHER TAXON: Detarieae

GENUS: Hymenaea L.

Hymenaea verrucosa Gaertner [Accepted]
    Trachylobium Hayne hornemannianum Hayne {Synonym}
    Trachylobium Hayne verrucosum (Gaertner)Oliver {Synonym}

  
VERNACULAR NAME:
  Zanzibar Copal [106]

  
PLACES: -
  Africa
    Ghana (I) [32]; Kenya (N) [106]; Mozambique (N) [106]
    Tanzania (N) [106]
  Indian Ocean
    Madagascar (N) [106]; Mauritius (N) [106]
  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Zanzibar-Inhambane Regional transition zone; Transition woodland. [33]
    Zanzibar-Inhambane regional transition zone; forest [33]
  
DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing
  Conservation Status: Not Threatened
  Habit: Tree
  Lifespan: Perennial
  Nodules: Present [1785]
  Source: Lock,J.M.(1988) African Checklist

  
USES:
  Wood [1785,42]; Chemical products [1785,42,1]; Food and Drink; Medicine; Domestic

  
NOTES:
  Commonly planted in tropical botanical gardens (Langenheim & Lee,ref.187)
  Nodulation data from Trachylobium verrucosum (Gaertner)Oliver [1785]


DATA SOURCES:

1.

   Brenan,J.P.M., 1959
    Mimosoideae.In:Fl.Trop.East Africa.Hubbard & Milne-Redhead
    Mimosoideae.In:Fl.Trop.East Africa.Hubbard & Milne-Redhead

32.

   Lock,J.M., 1985
    Pers.obs.
    Pers.obs.

33.

   White,F., 1983
    The Vegetation of Africa
    The Vegetation of Africa

42.

   Dale,I.R. & Greenway,P.J., 1961
    Kenya Trees and Shrubs
    Kenya Trees and Shrubs

106.

   Brenan,J.P.M., 1967
    Caesalp.In:Flora Trop.East Africa. Milne-Redhead & Polhill
    Caesalp.In:Flora Trop.East Africa. Milne-Redhead & Polhill

1785.

   Allen,O.N. & Allen,E.K., 1981
    The Leguminosae, A Source Book of Characteristics,Uses,&Nod.
    The Leguminosae, A Source Book of Characteristics,Uses,&Nod.
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